LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Zeester
APRIL 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.35 A.M.
the coastguard reported that the St. Nicholas Light-vessel was firing guns and flying signals indicating that a vessel was in distress to the E.N.E. A light...
Excel IV
AUG. 17TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. During the evening a message was received from the coastguard that the steam drifter Excel IV was aground on Gun Rock, Fame Islands. A light S.E. breeze was blowing. The sea was smooth. The...
Humility
OCT. 26TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
- At 10.45 A.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the fishing coble Humility, of Newbiggin, was out.
A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Oriel, of Howth
JUNE 4TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN. At 6.30 in the evening a yacht was seen endeavouring to make Howth, and the keeper of the Baily Lighthouse was asked to keep a watch on her. About nine o’clock he telephoned that the yacht was drifting to sea...
The S.S. Kentwood
MARCH 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 12.15 A.M., the Great Yarmouth Naval Base requested the services of a life-boat for a vessel ashore at Walcot Gap, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 12.35 A.M. A...
Rowland
APRIL 10TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11.45 A.M. a message was received from the naval authorities that a naval patrol boat had picked up a barge, which had been abandoned, and asked that the life-boat should bring it in. A light...
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MAY 1ST. - CROMARTY. At 7.40 A.M. a message was received from the Cromarty coastguard that two airmen had been seen in the sea off Brora, and at 8.20 A.M. the motor life-boat James Macfee was launched.
A light easterly...
Buizerd
MARCH 1 3TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
Shortly after 1 A.M. the Kettleness coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel ashore on Kalder Steel. A moderate northerly breeze was blowing, with a slight sea and heavy rain....
The S.S.. Ousebridge
JULY 29TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 9.35 A.M. the Hoylake coastguard reported that a vessel had struck a mine. A fresh N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 2 motor lifeboat Edmund and Mary Robinson put out at 9.49 A.M....
A Large Steamer
APRIL 6TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A message was received at 7.50 in the morning from the Foreland coastguard that a large steamer was sinking six miles to the south-south-east and that a destroyer was in the neighbourhood. There was a...